Garment checking and supporting master hanger



Feb 27, W51 M. BROSS GARMENT CHECKING AND SUPPORTING MASTER HANGER Filed May 28, 1947 Patented F eb. 27, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 GARMENT CHECKING nun sprroa'rmo MASTER HANGER Michael Bross, Jackson,- Miss.

Application May 28, 1947, Serial No. 750,919

2 Claims. 1

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in garment checking and supporting master hangers and deals more specifically with master hangers that are best adapted for use in dry cleaning establishments, valet shops, or the like, for checking or sorting finished garments and supporting the latter in readiness for delivery to their owners. v

It is the primary object of this invention to provide garment checking and supporting master hangers which are especially designed for suspending cleaned, pressed, dyed or otherwise processed garments from pipe clothes racks and for tickets that were prepared when the garments were brought to the establishment or the shop for servicing and which identify the respective owners of the garments.

A more specific object of the invention is the provision of master hangers of the above mentioned type which are extremely inexpensive to manufacture so that they can be sold in quantities at a very reasonable price and the use of which will materially reduce the time for and therefore the cost of assembling finished garments and their proper work tickets.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a garment checking and supporting master hanger embodying this invention,

Figure 2 is an elevational view, taken at right angles to the view of Fig. 1, and

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the master hanger shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

In the drawing, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown the preferred embodiment of this invention, the master hanger includes a main body A and a work ticket holder B. These two principal parts of the master hanger are so assembled and interconnected as to form a complete unit to be detachably supported on the pipe clothes rack C for suspending from the rack a conventional garment hanger D and for associating with the garment, not shown, the proper work ticket E.

The main body of the master hanger is formed of a suitable length of wire, of any desired gauge, which is shaped at a proper location intermediate its ends to form the lower loop or ring portion 5.

This loop or ring portion is completed by twisting the wire at 6 any desired number of turns. Be-

yond this twisted stem or shank 6, the longer end of the wire .is bent or shaped to provide the diverging portion l and the hook portion 8. The extremity 9 of the end of the wire forming the hook 8 is bent to form one part of a separable connection. The remaining end portion of the length of wire is shaped to provide the divergent portion it and the extremity ll of this last mentioned end portion is bent or shaped to provide the second half or part of the separable connection that cooperates with the previously referred to extremity 9.

By inspecting the several figures, it will be seen that the loop or ring portion 5 of the main body occupies a plane that is arranged at right angles to the plane occupied by the two divergent portions l and It and the-hook portion 8. This relative angular relationship permits the main body of the hanger to be supported on the pipe clothes rack C by means of the hook 8 while arranging the ring or loop 5 so that the garment hanger D will be supported or suspended in a plane that is arranged at right angles to the axis of the pipe rack C. It will be appreciated, therefore, that a large number of these master hangers, with their associated garments, can be supported on a relatively short length of pipe rack C.

The master hanger very readily can be fastened on the pipe rack C, so as to prevent unintentional removal, by employing the divergent end portion III as a closure for the mouth or opening of the hook 8. This closure or keeper [0 will have its extremity I l engaged with the extremity 9, as best illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, when the master hanger is fastened to the pipe rack C. When it is desired to transfer a given master hanger from one pipe rack C to another, all that need be done is to separate the two extremities 9 and II and effect the transfer.

The work ticket holder B is formed from a suitable blank of sheet metal, or the like. The lower end of the holder B is so cut away as to form a recess l2 that possesses the same curvature as the hook portion 8 of the main body of the master hanger. In properly cutting the lower end portion of the holder B, teeth or serrations l3 are provided. By bending these teeth or serrations around the hook portion 8 of the main body, the work ticket holder B and the main body A are permanently interconnected. The longitudinal side edges of the sheet metal blank, from which the work ticket holder B is formed, are bent inwardly or flanged at M to provide side grooves or guides for receiving the side edges of the work ticket E.

This type of garment checking and supporting master hanger is very helpful in checking and assembling finished garments with reference to the work tickets E that identify the owners of said garments. In so using this type of master hanger, any desired number of the latter are positioned on a pipe clothes rack C and work tickets E are positioned in the ticket holders B. By arranging the work tickets alphabetically, with reference to the owner's names that have been written thereon, it is a very simple matter to check and assemble the finished garments with reference to their proper work tickets. After the proper garments and work tickets have been assembled, the garments and their associated master hangers may be removed from the assembly rack C into a store or into trucks for delivery to the customers.

It is to be understood that the form of this invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same, and that various changes in the shape, size, and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described the invention, I claim:

1. A garment checking and supporting master hanger of the type described, comprising a main body having a lower ring portion for suspending a garment hanger and an upper hook portion for engagement over a supporting clothes rack, and a work ticket holder fastened to the top of the upper hook portion to project upwardly therefrom so as to be visible above the supporting clothes rack, said work ticket holder comprising a plate cut away at its lower end to form a serrated edge conforming in curvature to and having the serrations bent around the said hook portion.

2. A garment checking and supporting master hanger of the type described, comprising a main body formed of a single strand of wire shaped to provide a closed lower ring portion for suspending a garment hanger and an upper hook portion having a curved top part for engagement over a supporting clothes rack, said ring and hook portions being arranged lengthwise of and at right angles to each other, and a work ticket holder plate permanently fastened to the said top part of the upper hook portion to project upwardly from and in a plane parallel with said hock portion so as to be visible above the supporting clothes rack, the said ticket holder plate having its lower end cut away to have the same curvature as the top part of said hook portion with the edge portion of the cut away bent around and fastened to said curved top part, said hook portion having means for preventing accidental disengagement from the closed rack.

MICHAEL BROSS.

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